Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music.
In an extensive profile in The New Yorker, David Blum wrote: “What one remembers most from Goode’s playing is not its beauty—exceptional as it is—but his way of coming to grips with the composer’s central thought, so that a work tends to make sense beyond one’s previous perception of it ... The spontaneous formulating process of the creator [becomes] tangible in the concert hall.” According to the New York Times, “It is virtually impossible to walk away from one of Mr. Goode’s recitals without the sense of having gained some new insight, subtly or otherwise, into the works he played or about pianism itself.”
During today's masterclass, Goode will hear three sonatas by Beethoven - Opus 106 ("Hammerklavier"), Opus 31, No. 1, and Opus 109.
This masterclass is sponsored by the Richard P. and Claire W. Morse Visiting Artist Fund
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DIZZY GILLESPIE